Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Hiawatha, WV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Hiawatha who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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